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      Lizzie Porter

      Lizzie Porter

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      Lizzie Porter is The National's Istanbul correspondent. She has been a foreign correspondent for nearly a decade, and was previously based in Beirut and Baghdad. She covers diplomacy, politics, conflicts and crises in Turkey and across the Middle East, and has won multiple awards for her reporting on topics ranging from missing persons in Iraq to the region's climate crises. A native English speaker, she also speaks fluent French, Arabic and Farsi. Her Turkish is improving.
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      Remnants of an Iranian missile intercepted over Qatar, as it lies on a pavement near a fence on June 23. AFP
      Qatar tells of huge cost of Iranian missile attack

      IRGC assault on Al Udeid airbase was 'harmful' but Doha chose de-escalation

      MENAJune 30, 2025
      JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - JUNE 24: U.S. President Donald Trump returns from the 2025 NATO Summit on June 24, 2025 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. This year's NATO summit, which brings together heads of state and government from across the military alliance, was held in the Netherlands for the first time. Among other matters, members are to approve a new defense investment plan that raises the target for defense spending to 5% of GDP. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
      Trump announces new talks with Iran as hopes rise for Gaza truce

      President says US strikes ended war in Iran as ceasefire talks resume in enclave

      MENAJune 25, 2025
      Iranians were inspecting damage to buildings in Tehran on Wednesday after a 12-day air war with Israel. EPA
      How Iran views a return to nuclear talks

      Tehran wants incentives that could face opposition in Washington

      MENAJune 25, 2025
      Iranians rally in Tehran on June 24, after the ceasefire was announced. EPA
      Iranians voice relief and reservations after ceasefire with Israel declared

      Some residents of Tehran celebrate truce as a victory and a chance to return to normal life, but others remain cautious

      MENAJune 25, 2025
      Thousands of Iranians have taken buses back across Turkey's land border with their home country as the Israel-Iran conflict has forced a closure of airspace. AFP
      War forces Iranians to take buses home from Turkey

      Thousands are returning, not despite the conflict, but because of it

      MENAJune 20, 2025
      Members of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party visit PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, centre, in jail. DEM / EPA
      Jailed PKK leader 'needs outside contact to dissolve group'

      Ocalan wants meetings with Syrian and Iraqi leaders

      MENAJune 18, 2025
      Tehran has faced days of Israeli strikes extending from military sites to residential areas. AFP
      Stay or go? Tehran stalked by doubt as war with Israel hits home

      As civilian impact grows, so does tension between national pride and fears for the future

      MENAJune 17, 2025
      Portraits of killed Iranian commanders were held up by demonstrators in Tehran during a Shiite holiday. AP
      How Israel's 'decapitation campaign' could bring in Iran hardliners

      New Tehran commanders may be more willing to intensify conflict

      MENAJune 16, 2025
      Rescuers sift through the debris of a damaged building in Tel Aviv after a fresh barrage of Iranian rockets. AFP
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      Israel and Iran move to war footing as conflict enters fourth day

      More attacks trigger frantic efforts by Middle East leaders to prevent whole region from being dragged into conflict

      MENAJune 15, 2025
      Iranians drive past an anti-Israel poster in Tehran's Enghlab Square on June 14, 2025. AFP
      'We were negotiating': why Israel's attack caught Iran off guard

      Tehran knew attack was possible, but was hoping diplomacy would prevail

      MENAJune 14, 2025
      Damage to a building in Tel Aviv, Israel, by Iranian weapons. Getty Images
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      Iran and Israel launch tit-for-tat strikes as regional tension grows

      Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Israeli attacks were a 'mistake'

      USJune 13, 2025
      The Abu Dhabi Plaza complex is perhaps the most obvious example of UAE-Kazakhstan relations, but the Gulf and the Central Asian nation have increasing ties in transport, energy and trade, too. Photo: Lizzie Porter / The National
      Bridging the Gulf: Why Kazakhstan’s relations with the Middle East matter

      Thousands of kilometres apart, what ties the region to the Central Asian nation?

      MENAJune 13, 2025
      People and first responders gather at the site of an Israeli strike in Tehran on Friday, after Israel bombed targets across the country. Tasnim News / AFP
      Israeli attack on Iran 'intent on derailing nuclear talks'

      Strikes launched just before new round of negotiations with US to reach nuclear deal

      MENAJune 13, 2025
      Roman Vassilenko, deputy foreign minister of Kazakhstan, says Gulf nations are seen in Astana as a large source of potential investment. Lizzie Porter / The National
      Kazakhstan looks to Gulf investment as it develops the next Silk Road

      Astana's relationships are developing beyond traditional giants China and Russia, deputy foreign minister says

      MENAJune 01, 2025
      Amy Pope, director general of the International Organisation for Migration, talks to the media at the UN's European headquarters in Geneva after assuming the post in October 2023. EPA
      UN migration chief calls for access to help Gazans

      Tents and hygiene and cooking kits stuck in Jordan warehouses, IOM head tells The National

      MENAMay 30, 2025
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